EMPOWERMENT OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PREVENTION EARLY-AGE MARRIAGE IN GUNUNG KIDUL DISTRICT

Abstract

Masruroh Masruroh, Soetrisno Soetrisno, Mahendra Wijaya, Sapja Anantanyu.

This research aims to analyze the process of empowerment done toward the junior high school students in prevention early-age marriage in Gunung Kidul district. This research is qualitative research with case study approach single trick. Technique of collecting data in this research are interviewing, observation, and documentation. Technique of analyzing data in this research is using interactive model such as implementing analyzing data which consist of data reduction component, data presentation, making conclusion, and verifying interactively and interconnected during and after data collecting. This research result show, 1) socialization is early stage of students’ empowerment to give the understanding toward students and in this stage emphasized in order to students more focus on the education and their future. 2) youth coaching is implemented as a stage growing and developing the will to take a part in empowerment process, however in this stage students and parents feel unwilling to implement the coaching due to less precise of their mind set. 3) group formation in society is aimed to give supervision and as a place having activities for teenager, but the indicator of usefulness and group supervision which is not definite caused some groups has no function anymore and the contribution of group existence in prevention early-age marriage is not really visible. 4) the process of empowerment of junior high school students in prevention early-age marriage in Gunung Kidul District is not running perfectly as the process of general empowerment due to there are still many obstacles faced dan unperfect stages.